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1. PlatinumKatie (katiekats@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Friday, 30-Mar-2018 21:41:03 EDT PlatinumKatie
   I don't get people who want their friends to be 'yes-men' types, and I definitely don't get people who -are- those types.
   
   Supporting those who like and care for? That's good. But...agreeing so much with everything they say that it's difficult for anyone to see if you even have a personality of your own? That's...a bit much.
   
   Me and @maiyannah have disagreed on plenty (the most 'famous' round here being the brexit debacle) but we talk about it, and respect that eachother have different views. 
   
   That's okay, friends like friends, lovers adore lovers, for who they are, not for how much they constantly agree.  
   1. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Friday, 30-Mar-2018 21:46:18 EDT Annah

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      @katiekats I still can't get over how Eugen called you a nazi for *agreeing with him*
   2. PlatinumKatie (katiekats@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Friday, 30-Mar-2018 21:48:22 EDT PlatinumKatie

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      I just...can't wrap my head around those who feel the need to always agree no matter what, with everything. Especially when they sometimes make attempt to slightly disagree and then as soon as they get a reply to that...
      
      Do they talk? Express their disagreement reasonably, to remain on fair terms despite how they disagree? Like most friends? 
      
      No...they snap back into line, like they're a grunt speaking to their commanding officer.  
      
      If your relationships, your friendships, are based on you never disagreeing, always praising and agreeing, and being so terrified of ever expressing your own thoughts reasonably when you have a conflicting opinion...then...that's not a proper relationship or friendship at all really, is it?
      1. PennyForTheGuy (therealpennyfortheguy@quitter.no)'s status on Friday, 30-Mar-2018 22:16:41 EDT PennyForTheGuy

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         @katiekats #AssLickers  #YesMen
   3. Verius (verius@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Saturday, 31-Mar-2018 06:49:15 EDT Verius

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      @katiekats @maiyannah To some people "friend" means "vassal". They are so caught up in their own ego that they cannot form relationships with others unless those relations are purely about them. I guess for a lot of yes-men the payoff is status, e.g. through a job at the White House or at a trendy Silicon Valley company. Others, well I understand some psychological disorders may induce that kind of behavior.